Attachment for handles



Feb. 15,1927. 1,617,493

. H. MILLER T I ATTACHMENT FOR HANDLES F 119d Nov. 28, 1922 Even a MuzzyM? Z 61 :7 Z Emma Patented Feta-15,1927.

HENRY MILLER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 'TO AMERICAN CANCOMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ATTACHMENT FOR HANDLES.

Application filed November 28, 1922. Serial No. 603,837.

The hereinafter described invention re lates to an attachment designedmore particularly for the securing of handles to .five gallon containersfor the holding of oil, gasoline,kerosene,.or any other material wall ofa five gallon container.

adapted to be stored within containers and although the invention ismore particularly adapted for use in connection with the se- :,to besecured within a grooved retention curing of handles to what iscommonly;

known as five gallon containers, the sameis nevertheless equally as welladaptedfor the securing of handles to metallic bodies generally; Theusual method of uniting handles to containers, is to first locate thehandle plate or clip and then to clinch the clip so as to firmly hind orhold the handle in place within the groove thereof, the clip then beingsoldered by an operator to the container. :Under this method of unitingthe handles to the container the entire operation is required to beperformed approximately in the factory where the containers aremanufactured and inasmuch as the solder for uniting the clip orretainingplate to the container is applied by hand, there is not auniform distribution of the solder and as a result the fastening plateor clip is not uniformly united to the container or other metallic bodyto which the handle-is attached and it oftt-imes happens that in thesoldering of the retaining plate or clip to the container top thatportions of the said plate or strip do not receive any solderat all,with the result that there is a weak form of union which in many casesis destroyedor rup-' turedwhere the filled container is .of considerableweight and the handle torn therefromandthe weighted container causesinjury by falling onto the foot'of the carrier of the package. v 4

The object of the present invention is to provide an attaching means forhandles whichwill permit of the handlesbeing assembled in one plant anddistributed to other plants for application to thecontainer or otherarticle to which the handle is to be united and so constructed as tocarry fusible means by which the handle on application of i heat to saidmeans may be-quickly and easily united to the container or article towhich the same isto be attached and unitedthereto by a ,uniformdistribution j of the fusible solder relativeto the attaching plate orclip. 1 To comprehend the invention reference should be had to theaccompanying sheet of medium of the p to the top end Fig; '2vis adetailed perspective view of the handle applied to the retaining means.

Fig; 3 is a bottom taining means for the handle and is a bottom planview of the retaining' thereto. 7 r v p In the drawings, the numeral 1is used to indicate an ordinary conventional "handle adapted to besecured to thetop 2. of an ordinary five gallon container such as is Fmeans with the handle applied view disclosing a plan view of thereplaced, on the market for the holdingof oil,

gasoline and kerosene. The inturned flanged end portions of the handleare adapted to he recelved lnto a groove or channel 3 ofa' fasteningplate or handle clip a, which plate or clip is struck from a singlepieceof metal and provided with laterally extended flange members 5. Inthe present case each flange member 5 of the fastening plate or handleclip is formed with two spaced notches 6, which form opposing seatsadapted to re ceive end portions of a wire solder strip 7 r the ends ofsaid solder strips being. bent or 'flanged'over onto the side wallmembers of the fastening plate or handle clip 4'. In the present casethe solder strips, or what shall hereafter be. referred to asfusiblecleats, are arranged transversely of the fastening plate orhandle clip and serve to confine and hold theendportions of the handlewithin the groove or channel 3 thereof. The handle is'thus loosely heldwithin the said channel or groove ofthe plate handle clip 4, so.

that the parts thus assembled may be shipped from point to point foruniting to the container or metallic structure to which the handle is tobe securely attached. Inasmuch, as the fastening plates or handle clipsare of uniform size, it is apparentthat two strips of fusibleicle'ats ofpredetermined length are associated with each fastening plate or clip 4,so that with a given number of handle attachments with the handlessecured thereto, only a given amount of solder is employed,as forinstance, for each one thousand assembled, handles andtfastening" platesor clips, the ,maximum amount of solder or fusible "material employed isone v the employment of strips or cleats? formedand while preferenceisgi'ven to arranging pound, where the handle and attaching plate isadapted for use in connection with afive' gallon can or container, asagainst a minimumquantity of three pounds of solder where the handlesare united in a manner heretofore employed. While preference is given tofrom wire solder, it isapparent that ribbon solder may be utilizedas-the fusible cleats for retaining the handle within the groove orchannel 3 of the fastening plateor clip 4:

the. fusible cleats 7 transverselyrelative to the fasteningplate or-clip4-, it'is apparent that thesaid fusible cleats'may be arranged in anyother manner relative to the said fastening plate and'held-thereto byflanging the ends-thereof so as toxoverlie the upper surface of theflange section of the handle retaining clipor attaching plate. I p vWhenit is desired to unite or secure'the handle-to the container ornietallicstructure V to which the same is to be secured,.it is onlyrequired to properly position the fastening 3 plate or clip i; relativeto a fluxedsection'of ,tli'e'saidcontainer, when on the application of'suflicieiit'heat'to melt the fusible handle =retain-ingcleat or cleats,the solder will flow evenly and uniformly relative to the under surfaceofthe said retaining clip or attaching-member'and when'cooled orhardened securely-hold'thesame with its held handle 1-'to" 1 the saidcontainer orcother metallic structure "to'which the handle is tobeapplied? Owing to the uniformity of the flow of the fusible cleats onproper heat being "appliedthereto, the handle is secured-to thecontainer or other receptacle through the medium: of the fastening plateor clip 4 withoutcausing a burning of'the surface of' the memberctowhichthe handle is applied 7 and equally so, without causing-a smeared I anduglyrapp'earancetobe given to the sur- 7' "face of'the-container at thepoint of' union l handle is more firmly united or-held to'the of: theattachingstrip or 4 cle at theretoand the containerathan the'same isheld where the i entirely eliminated.

solderingor'uniting of the fastening plate io lip-t the container isdependent-u o the p ation ofsolder thereto by an operator.

"By the describedinvention the operation 'ofclinching, the handle withinthe attachingplate orclip is eliminated, inasmuch as the fusible stripsof solder serve and answer as cleats for retaining the handle inposition relativeto the fastening plate or clip 4:, and. j

theuse of thepresent invention; thereis a saving- 0f" not less than onethird of the 60,.

solder heretofore required to unite or attach .the handles to thecontainer and the discoloration 'tothe top of the container produced bythe means" heretofore resorted to V for uniting" the handles to thecontainers 1 is An additional important function of the notches in theopposed edges'of' the clip, aside from holding the ends of the fusiblecleats as described; rests in providing means" for the ends of thefusible cleatsto flowun der the flanges of the clip when fusion takesplace, and thus utilize all of the fusible cleats for uniting the clipsto the'container instead of wasting the end portions as would be thecase if the fusible cleats were simply bent over the flange edgeswithout the notches. This notched construction results iiiaconsiderable-saving of solder, of which the fusiblecleats areinade,-asthe exact amount of solder" necessary for making a properlyformed" joint is supplied, While withoutthenotches the extreme' endportions of each fusible cleat would" fuse and lieoii the top ofthe-flanges'and thus be a total loss 7 because they would not in anymanner assist{ in holding the handle to the container;

While a rectangular shaped fastening plate-oi'clip for the handleprovided with a longitudinal extended groove or channel is illustratedin the accoii'ipanyin'g' drawing, it

will be understood that such constitutes merely a preferred form, offastening plateor strip, for the said plate or strip may be circular incross section or be of any othei'l desired shape, just so long as-rthe'same is:

provided with aigrooved or channeled section v for the reception of theterminal end por-Q tionsiof the handle 1 to'be employed for use inconnection with the containers or other structures for which thesame isdes1gnedforattachment. p v 7 Under the present invention the handle,fastening plate orclip, and fusible cleatsfor the retention of thehallCll'lnty be assembled in onefactory and shipped to otherfactoriesorto distant points, there to beunitedto containers and this shipmentmadewith'outifearof the handles becoming detached from-the;

securingclip or fastening plate;

The inventionfills a long felt want rela tive, touthe proper-andsecurely uniting of-the tening plate or-clip'aiid the containerthan hasheretofore been produced and providing forthe attachment of the handleto the said blemi'shing the article without marring or surface thereof.

do not wish, liowev er, to be understood? as details of construction soshown and dea While I- have shown and illustratedthe invention in itspreferred embodiment, I

limiting or restricting theinventioni to thescribed, but on the contrarywish to bejun derstood as claiming the invention as broadly-i asthelstate of; the artwilliperinit;

-' Having thus described invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An article of manufacture, comprising a handle of approximately loopformation, a metallic fastening plate provided with a groove thereinadapted to receive the ter-' minal end portions of the said handle, said7 plate having notches formed in opposing edges thereof, and fusiblecleats extended transversely of the groove in said plate and havingtheir ends secured in the notched sections thereof for the retention ofthe handle relative to the groove of the fastening plate. whereby thesaid handle, fastening plate and fusible cleats when assembled form aportable unit.

2. An article of manufacture for the attachment of handles to metallicbodies, the same comprising a fastening plate provided with a grooveadapted to receive the terminal ends of a loop handle, said plate havingformed in the flanged walls thereof opposing notches or cutouts and aplurality of fusible cleats held to the under surface of said plate byhaving the end portions thereof extended within the notched sections ofthe fastening plate and flanged inwardly to overlie a section of uppersurface thereof 3. The combination with a sheet metal container, of ahandle of approximately loop formation, a metallic fastening plateprovided with a channelor groove section for the reception of theterminal end portions of the said loop handle, said fastening platebeing provided at opposing edges thereof with notches or cutoutsections, and fusible cleats extended transversely of the groove 7 V inthe fastening plate and having their ends extended within the'notchedsections thereof 7 and held to the plate by being flanged inwardly tooverlie a portion of the upper sur-' face thereof, said cleats adaptedto hold the handle within the groove or channel of the fastening plateand'to unite the said plate to the container by a fusion of the fusiblecleats held thereto. i

4. The means for attaching open handles i i to containers or metallicbodies, the same comprising a fastening plate grooved to receive aportion of the said handle, and said fastening plate being provided withopposingccutouts, fusible means secured to the under surface of thefastening plate and hailing portions thereof extended through thecutouts of the said plate and flanged to overhe a portion of the uppersurface thereof,

cation of a fusing heat, consisting of the combination of a clipformedwith a channel,

a handle having a portion arranged in said channel, and solder crimpedto said clip and holding the handle and clip together and adapted whenfused to unite said clip with a metallic body, said solder passingacross the said channel and the handle portion. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

' HENRY MILLER.

